Make sure you have appropiate support services after. if you will be hospitalized for a few days, make sure they understand the way you use a restroom, as they might want to put you in a sling type hoist. (they assumed i used a bedpan and was living in a group home!) so, make sure to communicate your needs.
as with any surgery, there are risks; risk of infection at the site, and risk of lung infections due to the anesthesia.
I agree with kendall, get a couple of PT/OT sessions before you go home.
make sure you are fully anesthesied BEFORE you go in the OR! I was not, and saw the drills and instruments on the table, and sae the strange table they put me into for hip replacement.
good luck!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://www.zazzle.com/TamarMag*
Tamar Mag Raine
[log in to unmask]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
----- Original Message ----
From: Kendall D. Corbett <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Friday, August 8, 2008 1:09:36 PM
Subject: Re: Some Insites Please
James, no hernia, but appendectomy, and not athetoid but spastic CP. One
thing I can say is that it made it harder to get out of bed, and up from
chairs, etc. Also increased spasticity level (this was back before I
startecd taking anything for spasticity again). If possible, get a consult
with physical therapy before you're discharged from the hospital for
specific pointers on how to do things in light of your CP with an abdominal
surgery
On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 9:01 AM, James Fee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I come looking for collective insites. I'm about to have surgery for the
> first time in my life (at 58). I need to have a hernia repaired which I
> suspect to have been caused by a colonoscopy gone very wrong (long story,
> not relevant). Has anyone, with Athetoid CP, had a hernia repaired and can
> you tell me what I can expect in terms of recovery?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim Fee
>
> -----------------------
>
> To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here:
>
> http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy
>
--
Kendall
An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress
depends on the unreasonable man.
-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
-----------------------
To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here:
http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy
-----------------------
To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here:
http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy
|
